Words — 15 found
けんせい
牽制
1. check; keeping in check; restraint; curbing; reining in; discouraging (from doing)
2. containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; feint operation; show of force
けん制 【けんせい】
けんいん
牽引
1. traction; towing; hauling; pulling; drawing
2. driving (e.g. economic growth)
牽引 【けんびき】、けん引 【けんいん】、けん引 【けんびき】
けんびき: Irregular kana usage. けんびき: Irregular kana usage.
1. restraint; being exclusively absorbed in something
けんきょうふかい
牽強付会
1. strained (argument, interpretation, etc.); farfetched (theory, view, etc.); forced; laboured; twisted (reasoning)Yojijukugo (four character compound)
牽強附会 【けんきょうふかい】